There is a huge bush in my rose bed. No matter what Jacob and I do to this bush it will not go away. We have tried everything short of pouring chemicals on it.( I don’t want the chemicals to get in the ground and hurt my roses.)
Now I’m sure that this bush is pretty, but it is way to big and does not belong in my rose bed. The bed is for roses, not big annoying bushes! Anyway, today I was once again cutting this bush away and the whole time I was grumbling about how much I hate this bush. Then it scratched my arm. Ugh.
Last night I was talking to a good friend about the past year and what we have both been through, our spiritual walks, whether we have grown, ect. And it hit me that my spiritual walk is just like that stubborn bush. Sometimes it hurts to “weed” out the sin and things in our life. Sometimes it hurts to grow, to change. Sometimes it can leave scratches and scars. But we have to weed them out. They don’t belong and they will keep coming back.
Psalm 48:1 says, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.”
I’m thankful that God doesn’t give up on me. That His grace doesn’t have an expiration date.
That He loves me no matter what. That He helps me change, He gives me strength to stop doing the things that I don’t need to be doing. That He is there with me every step. Even through my stubbornness.
In what ways have you grown this past year? What do you need to weed out? What things in your life is being stubborn and not wanting to move? God is so good to us!
Hugs,
Erin
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